Were these guys being creepy?

[PatchWorkAnnie]

Gave away a sofa via fb marketplace. Two men came to collect it. I realised its screws were bent so asked my friend to go inside to get the toolbox for some other ones.
While waiting they asked me how old I was, was I married did I live here with family, why don't I have a husband i look younger why don't I want a man... etc etc.
Odd. I was a bit uneasy at the time but now, feel a bit odd about it. I struggle with encounters like that, unexpected ones..I answered what they asked. Should I have told them to b*gger off, buy their own screws and stop interrogating me?

I had this with a gardener, found him on Facebook, he came to do the garden I thought he was local but I found out when he had got to me that he had traveled 2 hours on public transport and then after I kept getting texts from him asking me if I’m a single mum, when I didn’t respond I got him texting asking if he had upset me?! He kept texting me for ages after asking how I am, I didn’t respond at all, I still get the odd text from him now, lots of creepy men out there looking for an opportunity!

Yep - they were being creepy.
You need to perfect your Paddington Bear hard stare for these situations 🙂

Yes that’s really odd...thought sadly I don’t think it’s that uncommon.

They shouldn’t have been so intrusive and intimidating. It’s not ok to quiz people about personal questions like that and they were probably doing it to make you uncomfortable.

I think they were. I'm annoyed with myself now

@LoopTheLoops

I had this with a gardener, found him on Facebook, he came to do the garden I thought he was local but I found out when he had got to me that he had traveled 2 hours on public transport and then after I kept getting texts from him asking me if I’m a single mum, when I didn’t respond I got him texting asking if he had upset me?! He kept texting me for ages after asking how I am, I didn’t respond at all, I still get the odd text from him now, lots of creepy men out there looking for an opportunity!

That is far worse! Luckily I've had nothing from them since and my friend who was there is a male who looks quite .. erm 'hard'? If you will, although he isn't.

What creeps. I think I would invent a big body building or police type boyfriend ad a smokescreen to deter the truly freaky ones.

I had a gas engineer who was fixing the boiler ask me if I had a partner to cuddle up to as had no heating 🙄 these men are idiots.